Arctostrea Pervinquiere 1910 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Parent taxon: Lophinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Abruptolopha, Alectryonella, Cameleolopha, Lopha, Lophini, Myrakeenini, Oscillolopha, Pseudoperna, Rastellum

Subtaxa: Arctostrea amor Arctostrea avita

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Azerbaijan (1 collection), France (6), Japan (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (28: Alabama, Maryland, Mississippi, Texas), Yemen (1)

• Jurassic of Egypt (2), Ethiopia (1), Germany (1), Kenya (2), Somalia (1), Yemen (3)

Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence

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